Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 305, Hammond, Lake County, 7 June 1917 — Page 7

Thursday. June 7. 1917

THE TIMES PAQEciVKN "PH1LUGANS" LEGORE, EDDY ANDOVERTON ARE AMONG COLLEGE STARS TO JOIN 7"F- MARINES - x BEAN BALL C I GARETTE S

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CITY LEAGIE STAXDIXti. W. U Pet. Hammond 6 0 l.ooo Waukegan 1 o l.oou Chicago Heights 1 ft 1,000 Albany Park 6 1 .857 Grand Crossing 3 1 .7T.0 Murley 3 2 .600 OalligRns 3 2 .6''0 Rex Timers . 3 2 .0 Ciceros 4 S .5 71 Merrimacs 3 3 .500 Cragins 3 3 .500 Ideate 1 S .250 Stahls 0 3 .000 Mutuals 0 4 .000 Eclipse . . . .0 5 .000 West Ends 0 5 .000 With the seventh straight victory In sight, Hammond baseballdom is awaiting- weather prophesies for Sunday. The Ideals are scheduled to play at Farduhn Park and all Chicago semipro ball is hoping they will hand Hammond its first defeat in Its race for the Chicago City league pennant. Whether the Ideals can hand "Philligan's"' boys that defeat Is questioned. The Ideals are not winning games as was expected, although they haye lost most of their gacaes by narrow margins. No doubt they have a fairly strong club but it means more than a fairly strong club to oust Hammond from the perfect percentage class. Manager "Philligan" Fowler Is after a fellow by the name of Lokate to "locate" flies In ths righ field. Lokate played with the West Ends here Sunday and made a good showing. Hellman played in right garden last Sunday and will be shifted. His services cannot be spared. Hansen .at second and Shannon at short, new men who looked well Sunday, wil be in the lineup. Fowler has decided that Hudson will' catch the rest of the season and has asked farduhn to let Bart go. He says Hudson is the most reliable catcher, both behind and at bat. Henning will pitch. State Golf Tourney Off. ' The state golf tournament of x the Indiana Golf association has been called off this year. Ay mail vote on the question was taken and the majority of the members favored postponement this yearv Before the war -with .Germany was .declared preparations were being made to make the 1917 tournament the greatest in the history of the state. It was to have been held at the Indianapolis Country club.

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At the left, Eddy (above) and Legore. Kight, OTerton. Among the many star athletes from various colleges to be examined recently for commissions in the United States Marine corps were Harry Legore and Johnny Overton of Yale and Will Eddy of Princeton. Alex Ferguson of Yale and Will Jewett and Harold Hoskins of Princeton are also well known athletes who will probably receive navy commissions. These young men are regarded as the finest sort of material.

FULTON FLIRTING WITH COLORED MAN NEW YORK. June 7. Mike Collins.

manager of Fred Fulton, yesterday i signed articles of agreement to have j

his man box Sam Langford twelve

rounds to a decision fU Boston on June j

IS. Matt Hinkle of Cleveland has been i named to referee. Collins also. has a good offer for Fulton to box Frank j Moran at Jimmy Johnson's club here'

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Wagner Signs Contract and is Pirate Today. FITTSBTTEGH, PA., Juaa 7. Hana . Wagner sarpriaed Barney Dreyfus yesterday when he walked into fcia office and tendered hla elyned contract for 1017. Tne following telegram, sent to the National Commission, eiplaina Wajrner's feeling's about the game: "Garry Herrmann, Chairman National Commission, Cincinnati: Finding1 the call of baseball too strong' to resist, Z desire to continue to play the g-ame I love, and to which X owe all X possess, and I hereby petition the national Commission to grant my request for reinstatement, so that X misfht play with my old club tomorrow. "JOHN H. WAOKER."

German m:m CABS YANKEE JOCKEY IN RICH STAKE RACE

BERLIN'. June 5, via London. June 6. Although George Archibald. the American "Jockey, received a special rermit to rid in the C.rand Frix in Hamburg on Sunday, he was not in the race, and racetrack patrons have been guessln? tthy he did not mount Baron von OppenheiirTs Dolman in the 100.00i mark event. The Kleine Journal of Berlin today -nnnivinces tlje commander of the Ninth Army corps vetoed the appearance of the American. Archibald has been barred from ridins on German track since the break in relations. Last Thursday he received a special dispensation to mount Dolman, which promptly became a favorite in the betting. From certain quarters, in which the American jockey has been stigmatized aa "the evil spirit of German racing," there was launched at the last minute a protest which j-esultd in the substitution of a German jockey. Dolman was a poor fourth - in the race, which was won by an outsider with an apprentice on top. Archibald has been a primte favorite with followers of running races, who invariably played, his mounts liberally.

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BY H. C. HAMILTON. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) NEW YORK. June7. When Outfielder Thrasher, for whom Connie Mack doled out $15,000 last winter, was shunted back to the Southern Association another victim of the "bean ball" was added to the long string credited to that unnecessary and dangerous method of pitching. Thrasher, one of the most prominent youngsters who ever flashed in m. league company, was going along fine. He was hitting fairly well and his fielding was spectacular. One day he was batting In a game against he Red Sox. The ball took him on the side of the head. " Thrasher dropped as if he had been shot. Ke was "out" for some time and when he revived was sent home. The next day found him back in the game, but he was pulling back from the plate. He never has forgotten that fearsome "bean ball." Nothing could be done for him. He Just simply couldn"t stand up to the plate and wait for those fjfst balls. . He pulled. Maybe Thrasher will lose his fear of "bean balls." Maybe he will return to the American league, but if he does he will have done something no other ball player has accomplished. Many of them have gone up. only to fall victim of the "bean ball." Some of them have returned for another chance, but the fear of injury always makes their batting nil. There was Roy Corhan. one of the most sensational infielders ever called

from the minors. He was purchased b.j the White Sox several years ago and was the sensation of early spring games until some one cracked him on the head with a ball. Corhan, who had been hitting well, immediately began to fall away from the p'ate. His usefulness as a big leaguer was over and he was sent to San Francisco. In San Francisco Corhan again begad to ht and field sensationally, and he was tried again. It was the same old

story. The deadly fera of the big league

"bean ball" couldn't be removed. Corhan has had several trials since thn.N but every time he has been sent back. A demon hitter In the minor. he can't do anything with big league pitching. The "'bean ball" Is responsible.

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Silk O'Loughlin, the American league umpire, grew reminiscent while in Detroit recently. For th2 benefit of friends the noted arbiter, who has been umpiring for twenty-one years, figured that ha had made 433.660 decisions in that time, and he says He never made a mistake." O'Loughlin often has declared that his error column is stiil unstained, -but he has not boen anxious to discuss the subject. This, however, is what he said: "I never made a mistake. And if I did I would be an idiot to tell of it. There are lots of times when the ideas of fans.as well as the athletes, differ from mine. Eut I know I am right, because what I say sticks." 0'L.oughlin figures that in the thirteen years he worked under the old single umpire system he made 312,000 decisions, and that since then he has decided 121.660 plays. He bases his calculations on the -normal number of decisions usually made in 'a game.

GAME AT LANSING " The Kindt Colts will play the Republican Iron & Steel Co. Sunday at Lansing. The line up for the Colts will be: H. Hoge, rf; Schmuser, cf; Erfort, rf: Schroeder, lb; Trinoski, 2b; B. Hoge, se; Redman.' Sb; Maager, p; Klntd, c;

Jones. Shaubinsky, subs

NEW TORK. June 7. All the trotting horses from tXirles Neck farm, the property of C. K. O. Hillings, were sold at auction yesterday in Madison Square garden. Seventy horses went under the hammer for a total of $80,100. The top price of $30,100 was paid by Faul Kuhn. Terre Haute. Ind.. for the trotting etallion The Harvester. 2:01, after some spirited bidding. The champion pacing colt William. 1:5S;. wps purchased by J. Crouch & Son. Lafayette. Ind., for $,000. Teter Dillon, 2:ll's, went to the Elm Fine farm, Greenwich, N. Y.. for $3.Sft0, and Bion. a Russian Orloff stallion, purchased in Russia for the reported price of $20,000 by Mr. Billings, was sold for $430. Among sixty head in another collection was the champion pacer Directum I. lH. and holder of fourteen world's harness records. which was bought by S. S. Shurter. Ellenville, Ulster county. New York. .

THE STANDING

AMXBICAN X.EAGUE. W. L. Boston i 23 13 CHICAGO 30 14 New Tork 23 19 Cleveland 25 2 3 Detroit TS 24 St. Louis 17 2 Washington 16 27 Philadelphia 14 26 TestreAay's Results. Washington. 3; Chicago1. 0. Detroit. 3; Boston, 0. Cleveland. 8; New York, 1. Philadelphia, 11; St. Louis, 6. NATIONAL LEAGUE.

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w. l. ret. Philadelphia 24 14 32 New York 23 14 .622 CHICAGO : 28 IS .609 St. Louis 22 20 .524 Cincinnati 20 28 .435 Boston 14 20 .412 Brooklyn 14 20 .412 Pittsburgh 14 27 .341 Yesterday'a Results. . Philadelphia. 4; Chicago, 0. St. Louis, S; Boston. 7. Cincinnati. 6; New Tork, S. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, rain.

BROWN EARLY

CHICAGO. June 6. Registration day made little difference to George K. O. Brown. The Greek battler was among

the first to fall In line early yesterday J

morning for a finish fight for Uncle Sam. After that he hiked on the road. "I feel better now." said Brown. "We are all ready, and I only hope that 1 will be in as good shape when Uncle Sam calls m,e as I will be for George Chip at Racine Friday night. If I don't beat him then, I know the jinx must be with me." "Chip will knock out Brown. The

only chance fof Brown to stay the ten rounds is to go Into a shell and cover up, and Brown isn't that kind or i fighter." Thus spoke Jimmy Dime, manager cf George Chip, after they arrived last night from the East. Chip will bepm training at the Arcade this afternoon. The Uew Castle" middleweight needs little training. Chip recently fought Jack Dillon, and from the Cincinnati accounts only the fact that Jack i an Iron man saved him from a knockout. "Chip stopped Brown in their Youngstown battle not long ago, but the boll saved him. He caught him flush on the jaw and Brown wa rone. George has improved so much Fines that tight that e won't have an? trou-

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KID LEWIS OUTPOINTS BRITTON IN TEN ROUNDS ST. LOUIS. MO.. June 7. Ted (Kid) Lewis outpointed Jack Brltton of Chicago, welterweight. In a ten round bout here last night. Lewis had the better of the milling in seven rounds and forced the fighting at all times. Britton lacked his usual "pep."

SPIKE KELLY IS MATCHED Spike Kelly was matched to box Goats Doig' ten rounds under the auspices of the Lake County Athletic Club at Gary. Ind.. on the afternoon of July 4. Matchmaker Jack Sager of the club says he will probably pull this match in the ball park.

GRIFFITH PEEVED BY YARN ABOUT CLUB WASHINGTON. D. C, June 7. Clark Griffith, manager and part owner of the Washington club, expressed great indignation when asked if there was any

truth in the rumor of transferring the;

Senators to Brooklyn or some other place. He said: "No one ever had any right to make such a statement, and whoever started it made it up out of nothing. There has been no thought of such a thing. The attendance here has been light, but it is more because of the war condition than because of the team being down in the face."

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